5 July 1975

.@freedomhouse board member Leo Cherne (center) calls the @UN to conduct an investigation into the plight of more than three million Cambodians forced by the Khmer Rouge to flee cities into the countryside. “It is one of the greatest tragedies of modern time,” he declared. https://t.co/FybtBrmcoz

As Thai official are becoming increasingly uneasy, the US government closes a refugee camp in Southern Thailand and sends a planeload of Cambodian refugees evacuated from PhnomPenh nearly two months ago, to Camp Pendleton, Calififornia (pictured).©@UofCalifornia https://t.co/rSAjbxD8cZ